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COMB.

`APPLICATION FILED APR. I2. 1921. i

Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

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UNITED srarssY VIOLET V. WARNER, 0F NEW YORK; N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nee. 13, 192i.

Application filed April 12, 1921. Serial No. 460,611.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, VIOLET V. VVAnNnn, acitizenV of Great Britain, residing at. New York, in the county of NewYork and State of N ew York, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Combs, of which the fol lowing is a specication.

This invention relates to instrumentalities for treating human hair.

More particularly the invention relates to combs which may be subjectedto heat and to be of use in a heated condition. y

Some of the objects of the present invention are: to produce a heatretaining comb comprised of a plurality of comb-members, one of whichmay be heated and which is received within the other comb-member t-oheat the latter, .which latter is applicable to subject hair to theinfluence of the heat thereof to straighten the hair; to produce a combof interlitting parts or members of incombustible material which may beheated; to produce a comb comprised of pivotally connected members whichare designed so that one of the members may be swung to lie within theother member; to provide a comb comprised of intertitting comb-mem berswith means for retaining one of the said members fitted within the otherof said members. With these and other objects in view the inventionresides in the particular provision, construction and arrangement ofparts hereinafter more fullyl described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the instrumentality of the presentinvention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view.

It is known that wavy and kinky human hair may be straightened byapplying heat thereto. It is also known that dandruff on the scalp maybe dissolved or destroyed by the application of heat thereto. It hasbeen found that an instrumentality in the nature of a comb when heatedand when applied to the scalp and the hair thereof is best suited fortaking out any waves or kinks in the hair, and for destroying anydandruff that may be on the scalp. It is for thesel reasons that theinstrumentality hereinafter described has been especially designed.

As shown in the drawing it will be seen that the instriunentalityincludes combmembers 10 and 11. Thecomb-member 10 is made preferably ofmetal or the same may be made of some other incombustible material. Themember 10 comprises a body 12., teeth 13 formed or secured tothe body,and a handle 1li. The comb-member 11 is made preferably from metal orthe same may be .made of some other incombustible material, The member'11 as distinguished from the member l() is hollow and comprises a body15 embodying flexible sides 169 and hollow teeth 17 formed or secured tothe body 15. The comb-member 11 is pivotally connected to thecomb-member 1G and to this end the body 15 of the member 11 is formedwith an extension 18 which is bifurcated at the free end thereof so asto receive the part 19 of the coinb-member 10 which joins the body 12thereof with the handle 14. A. pintle or pivot pin 2O secures thepivotal connection between the extension 18 and the part 19. Certain ofthe teeth 17 are entirely of the same material and certain of the teethare composed of two different materials, that is to say the majorportion of each tooth may be of metal whereas the point of each toothmay beef ivory. Tlie object inv making the teeth of twodifferentmaterials is to have relatively coolpoints-the upper portionsof the teeth and the body 15 being of greater heat retaining propertiesand will therefore be warmer than the said ivory ,ointed teeth. As shownin the drawing the comb-member 11 has teeth of the same material intheir entiretiea and teeth which are composite-maple up from twodi'lferent materials. t is obvious that any number of the teeth of thecomb-member 11 may be composite-teeth and that it is within the presentinvention te make all of the teeth of the comb-member, composite-teeth-The teeth 17, as stated7 are hollow and the walls thereof diverge toafford suiiiciently large openings at the junctures of the teeth withthe body 15 for the entry of the teeth 13 of the comb-member 10. Theteeth 13 are considerably shorter than the teeth 17-about one-half aslong as the teeth 17. By having the teeth 13 shorter than the teeth 17,the points of the teeth 17 do not become heated to the degree to whichthe upper portions of the teeth will be heated.

To use the comb it is necessary to first heat the comb-member 10 andthen thecombmember 10 is brought to lie within the oombmember 11. Theheated member 10 heats the member 11 and at the proper time the combingoperations may be carried out. The actual straightening process isaccomthe lcomb-men'iber;l0 and serve to securely retain the member l0within the member l1 andat the same time prevent the entrance of airinto the member l1 thus preventing untimely cooling of the comb.

What is claimed is:

i l. A' comb comprising separable mating comb-members pivotallyconnected together and made from incombustible heat retaining material,the'teeth of one of said comb-` members being completely inclosed by theteeth of the other of said comb-members in which they may be disposed. Y

2. An article including a solid comb-meinber and a hollow comb-memberpivotally connected together, the solid comb-member being designed tofit within the said hollow comb-member,V so that the teeth thereof whichare equal innumber to the teeth of the hollow comb-member may becompletely inclosed. t

VBQAn instrumentality including` a solid metallic comb-member having ahandle, a hollow metal comb-member pivotally connected to the said solidcomb-member, the hollow combfmember being designed so as to be capableof receiving` the solid comomember, the hollow comb-member having' thesame number of teeth as the number of teeth of the solidcomb-member.

4f. comb comprising separable interit ting comb-members, one of saidcomb-members being solid andthe other of said combmembers being hollow,each of said combmembers including a body and a comparatively lilrenumber of teeth, the body of saidV hollow comb-member embodying flexiblesides, designedto embrace the body of the 'solid combanember when thesaid combmembers are brought together.

5. comb comprising a solid comb-member including a body and teeththereon, a hollow comb-member including spaced flexible sides and hollowteeth, the teeth of said solid comb-member being shorter than and oflike number to the teethV of said hollowV combmember, the hollowcomb-member being connected to the other comb-member for pivotalmovement 'with respect thereto Vso that thesolid comb-'member maybemoved Y tips being of heat resisting material;th e Y said hollowcomb-member being pivotally connected to the said solid combimembjer toallow the solid comb-member to be inserted into the said solidcomb-member. 1

In testimony whereof I hereby `aliX my signature.

VIOLET V. WARNER,

